Tire-protector.



W. E. SAMPSON. TIRE PROTEGTOR. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 25. 1,910.

Patentdlug. 23, 1910.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM SAMPSON, 0F GRAND'ISLAND, NEBRASKA.

TIRE-PROTECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug, 23, 1910.

. Application filed January 25, 1910. Serial Ito. 540,069.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. SAMPSON, citizen of the United States,residing at Grand Island, in the county of Hall and State of Nebraska,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tire-Prosigned tobe interposed between the inner tube and outer casing or shoe of apneumatic tire, andt-he invention consists in certain constructions andarrangements of the parts that I shall hereinafter fully describe andclaim.

For a full understanding of the invention,

reference is to be had to the following description and accompanyingdrawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a transverse sectional view of a tire equipped. with myimproved protector; Fig. 2 is a face new of a portion of the protectingband; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the band; and, Fig. 4is a fragmentary perspective view of a portion of said band, looking atthe opposite face from that showndn Fig. 2.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

Referring tothe'drawing, the numeral 1 designates the' inner tube, and 2the outer case or shoe of a pneumatic tire.

In carrying out "my invention, I take a strip 3 of material, such asleather, of the requisite length and width according to the particulartire with which it is intended to be used, the said strip being eitherendless or having its ends connected together in any desired way to forma continuous band designed to extend circumferentially entirely aroundthe tire and intended to be interposed between the tube 1 and easing 2.Preferably, the band is of a width to protect the entire tread surfaceof the tire. The strip 3 is studded with closely grouped riv ets 4, saidrivets being hollow, as indicated in the drawing; and all having flatheads disposed in one side of the strip 3, namely, with sideedgescontiguous .o the inner tube 1, the ends of the rivets i'being all splitand spread outwardly and thus clenched in the outer surfaceof the strip,thereby producing a somewhat pebbled or roughened formation which willserve to frictionally engage the adjacent surface of the outer case orshoe 2 and efiectually prevent the strip or protecting band fromcreeping. By this means all liability of tearing the inner tube by theuse of the device is precluded.

From the foregoing description in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, the operations and advantages of my improved tire will beapparent.

In the practical use of the device, the

strip 3 studded with its rivets 4, is inter-' posed between the innertube 1 and casing or shoe 2 with the roughened surface outermost, asshown. Manifestly, the band will efiectually tend to prevent puncture ofthe inner tube, and it is clear that it may be easily. made and readilyapplied and removed whenever desired. I

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

The combination with a tire embodying a casing and an inner tube, of apliable protecting band interposed between the casing and the tube, saidband being studded with closely grouped tubular rivets, the heads ofwhich are flat and lie contiguous to the inner tube, and the oppositeends of the rivets being split and spread outwardly over and againsttheoutermost face of the layer and slightly above the plane of said facewhereby to engage the adjacent inner surface of the casing, so as toprevent the creeping of the band and as a consequence liability of theband tearing the inner tube.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM E. SAMPSON. [1 s] Witnesses;

lVQNi lVoonson, "FREDERICK S. STITT.

